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Gashirabwoba Genocide memorial site also in Bushenge sector where she had gone to attend a Genocide commemoration ceremony where some of her family members who were killed are buried. Uwankwera was found lying in a pool of blood April 13. A relative of Uwankwera stated that the murderers are Genocide suspects who wanted to prevent testimony conceal evidence attesting to their role in the 1994 genocide.
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98:(Coopérative de Potérie et des Matériaux Ornementaux de Nyamasheke) a cooperative that produces ornamental pottery. Coffee beans are produced at several collectives, including the Rwanda Impala Collective near Shanga. Nyamasheke also hosts the 137-member Abizarana coffee cooperative centered on the Shangi washing station. The district features an active
82:. On 30 June 2010, the ICTR found Yussuf Munyakazi guilty of genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity, and sentenced him to 25 years’ imprisonment. The ICTR specifically found that Munyakazi was a leader in massacres in Shangi sector on 29 April 1994 and Mibilizi sector on 30 April 1994 that resulted in the deaths of over 5,000 Tutsi.
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Nyamasheke was originally part of the colony of German East Africa, which included what are now
Burundi, Rwanda and Tanganyika. Nyamasheke's Lake Kivu is the site of the first German colonial military post, founded in 1898 by Kapitan Berthe, a German Army officer. Shangi sector was chosen by the
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564:Categories
502:Nyamasheke
378:Nyarugenge
124:Inzego.doc
106:References
20:Nyamasheke
492:Ngororero
464:Nyaruguru
454:Nyamagabe
339:Rwamagana
334:Nyagatare
434:Gisagara
426:Southern
388:Northern
373:Kicukiro
309:Bugesera
117:Statoids
96:COPMONYA
48:imirenge
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517:Rutsiro
497:Nyabihu
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479:Western
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449:Muhanga
444:Kamonyi
416:Rulindo
411:Musanze
406:Gicumbi
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319:Kayonza
314:Gatsibo
301:Eastern
128:MINALOC
54:History
44:sectors
38:Sectors
24:akarere
534:2°22′S
512:Rusizi
507:Rubavu
459:Nyanza
396:Burera
368:Gasabo
360:Kigali
324:Kirehe
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329:Ngoma
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